2008 Recopa Sudamericana

The 2008 Recopa Sudamericana (officially the 2008 Recopa Visa Sudamericana for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana competitions.

The match was contested by Boca Juniors, winners of the 2007 Copa Libertadores, and Arsenal, winners of the 2007 Copa Sudamericana. Boca Juniors won their 4th Recopa Sudamericana title after accumulating the most points over the two legs (4-1). The title ties them in first place for the most international titles won by a club with 18.

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Arsenal	None
Boca Juniors	1990, 2004, 2005, 2006

Matches

First leg

Arsenal v Boca Juniors

August 13, 2008
19:30 (UTC-3)

Arsenal	1 – 3	Boca Juniors
Sava 25'	Report	Palermo 21' Palacio 32' Battaglia 90'

Estadio Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda
Attendance: 10,359
Referee: Gabriel Favale (Argentina)

Arsenal

Boca Juniors


ARSENAL:
GK	1	Mario Cuenca		46'
MF	5	Cristian Pellerano
MF	10	Alejandro Gómez
FW	11	Facundo Sava
MF	13	Carlos Casteglione (c)	37'
DF	14	Javier Gandolfi	33'
MF	15	Damián Pérez	41'	66'
DF	6	Aníbal Matellán	76'
DF	21	Josimar Mosquera	20'
MF	23	Sebastián Carrera		81'
DF	24	Javier Yacuzzi
Substitutes:
GK	12	Cristian Campestrini		46'
DF	3	Carlos Báez
DF	4	Darío Espínola		66'
MF	7	Andrés San Martín
FW	9	Luciano Leguizamón	90'	81'
MF	17	Facundo Coria
DF	20	Nicolás Aguirre
Manager:
Daniel Garnero


BOCA JUNIORS:
GK	1	Mauricio Caranta
DF	4	Hugo Ibarra
DF	2	Julio Cáceres
DF	16	Gabriel Paletta
DF	3	Claudio Morel
MF	22	Fabián Vargas
MF	5	Sebastián Battaglia	82'
MF	23	Jesús Dátolo	81'	90'
MF	11	Leandro Gracián		75'
FW	9	Martín Palermo (c)
FW	14	Rodrigo Palacio		75'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Javier Hernán García
DF	13	Facundo Roncaglia
DF	15	Álvaro González		90'
MF	19	Neri Cardozo		75'
MF	21	Cristian Chávez
FW	17	Ricardo Noir		75'
Manager:
Carlos Ischia

Assistant referees:
Horacio Herrero
Ariel Bustos
Fourth official:
Juan Pablo Pompei

Second leg

Boca Juniors v Arsenal

August 27, 2008
20:00 (UTC-3)

Boca Juniors	2 – 2	Arsenal
Palacio 7' Riquelme 90+1'	Report	Carrera 58' Matos 69'

Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires
Attendance: 32,357
Referee: Saúl Laverni (Argentina)

Boca Juniors

Arsenal


BOCA JUNIORS:
GK	1	Mauricio Caranta	85'
DF	4	Hugo Ibarra (c)
DF	2	Julio Cáceres
DF	16	Gabriel Paletta
DF	3	Claudio Morel
MF	22	Fabián Vargas
MF	5	Sebastián Battaglia
MF	23	Jesús Dátolo		72'
MF	10	Juan Román Riquelme
FW	14	Rodrigo Palacio		75'
FW	7	Lucas Viatri
Substitutes:
GK	12	Javier Hernán García
MF	11	Leandro Gracián
DF	13	Facundo Roncaglia
DF	15	Álvaro González
FW	17	Ricardo Noir		75'
MF	21	Cristian Chávez		72'
FW	24	Lucas Castromán
Manager:
Carlos Ischia


ARSENAL:
GK	12	Cristian Campestrini
DF	4	Darío Espínola
DF	3	Carlos Báez	64'
DF	6	Aníbal Matellán	37'
DF	18	Christian Díaz	80'
MF	23	Sebastián Carrera		89'
MF	13	Carlos Casteglione (c)
DF	24	Javier Yacuzzi	5'
MF	10	Alejandro Gómez
FW	9	Luciano Leguizamón		46'
FW	16	Mauro Matos		85'
Substitutes:
GK	19	Matías Alasia
FW	8	Sergio Sena		89'
DF	2	Mariano Brau
MF	5	Cristian Pellerano
MF	15	Damián Pérez
MF	17	Facundo Coria		85'
DF	7	José Contreras		46'
Manager:
Daniel Garnero

Assistant referees:
Francisco Rocchio
Gustavo Esquivel
Fourth official:
Federico Beligoy

Recopa Sudamericana 2008 Winner
Boca Juniors Fourth Title

References

1. Boca y otro título para volver a quedar en lo más alto La Nación, access date July 16, 2009

External links

2008 Recopa Sudamericana official site
Official rules (in Spanish)
Boca Junior's official website (in Spanish)
Arsenal's official website (in Spanish)

Recopa Sudamericana
Libertadores vs. Supercopa	1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Libertadores vs. Sudamericana	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
List of finals List of winning managers

Club Atlético Boca Juniors matches
Copa Argentina Finals	1969 2012 2015
Supercopa Argentina Final	2012 2015
Copa Libertadores Finals	1963 1977 1978 1979 2000 2001 2003 2004 2007 2012
Copa Sudamericana Finals	2004 2005
Intercontinental Cups	1977 2000 2001 2003
FIFA Club World Cup Final	2007
Supercopa Sudamericana Finals	1989 1994
Recopa Sudamericana Finals	1990 2004 2005 2006 2008
Copa Interamericana Final	1977
Copa Master de Supercopa Final	1992
Copa de Oro Nicolás Leoz Final	1993
Copa Ibarguren	1919 1923 1924 1940 1944

2008 in South American Football (CONMEBOL)
Domestic Leagues	Argentina '07-'08 '08-'09 Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia I II Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay '07–'08 '08–'09 Venezuela '07–'08 '08–'09
Domestic Cups	Brazil Colombia Venezuela '07–'08 '08
CONMEBOL Competitions	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship

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